Inhalers for COPD provide steroids, bronchodilators, or combination drugs. The three types differ in the mechanism by which the medication is inhaled and have different instructions for use.

Certain Medicare plans typically cover at least part of the cost of inhalers for COPD. There are also several ways to further save on costs.

Medicare has chosen 15 prescription medications for price negotiations this year, building off a first round of negotiations ...

Metered-dose inhaler budesonide-glycopyrrolate-formoterol (Breztri Aerosphere) was associated with a higher risk of a first moderate or severe COPD exacerbation (HR 1.09, 95% CI 1.04-1.14 ...

The company also agreed to reduce the list price of some of its inhalers ... Tens of millions of Americans suffer from asthma and COPD and rely on inhalers to breathe — about 25 million ...

People with COPD experience more falls and related injuries requiring medical care when using common fall-risk increasing ...

DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2024-080409 Meng-Ting Wang et al, Environmentally friendly inhaler regimens for COPD, BMJ (2024). DOI: 10.1136/bmj.q2825 ...

Patients with COPD had slightly more major adverse cardiovascular events after initiating single-inhaler triple therapy vs a LABA-ICS inhaler.

A formulary is a list maintained by each company that organizes ... Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage (Part C) plans will typically cover inhalers for COPD. Depending on your plan, you ...